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E-Blast Tuesday 12.18.12 Breaking Story Snake Tales Today's Video Super-Small 'Microsubmarines' Could Help Clean Up Oil Spills Picture of the Day Seasonal Dark Streaks On Mars New Today on Science360 Radio 'Weakly Electric Fish Form Group Frequency' – Highlighting NSF-Funded Research Reported In The Journal of Experimental Biology Latest News Mapping Effort Charts Restoration Tack For Great Lakes An international research consortium has developed innovative new maps of both environmental threats and benefits to help guide cost-effective approaches to environmental remediation of the world's largest fresh water resource. Helping Landowners With Waste Wood While Improving Agribusiness And Energy Researchers have invented a heat-resistant laminate "blanket" that wraps around a burning slash pile like a kiln, turning wood scraps into charcoal called biochar. Civil Engineer's Work Shows Promising Benefits In Bridge Building New insights into the performance of concrete materials are allowing safer, less costly construction and a longer life for the nation's bridges and other structures, according to researcher. New in the Journals & Magazines PHYSICS : A Glance At The Earliest Universe NEW SCIENTIST: Fungal Frog Killer Hops Into Crayfish SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Farmers In Nepal Use Urine To Boost Crop Yields SCIENCE : Revved-Up Protein Fights Aging NATURE: First Road Map Of Human Sex-Cell Development What the Blogs Are Saying Today SCISTARTER - Christmas Bird Count Takes Flight ESCIENCECOMMONS - Doing The Math For How Songbirds Learn To Sing QUEST - Knowing Neanderthals COSMIC VARIANCE - Does This Trampoline Violate The Laws Of Physics? WIRED SCIENCE - How Much Rain Does The Mississippi River Need? Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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